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    The small ferry FLORENCE M. at an unknown location - possibly Long Lake or Thunder Bay Island

    CITY OF MACKINAC was a passenger and freight steamer built in 1893.

    photo by Garlock [sp?] U.S.S. Arizona Oct. 17 - 1923

    Stacks of copper salvaged from the passenger vessel PEWABIC, which sank from a collision with the METEOR in 1865.

    The Thunder Bay River at Alpena showing schooners and lumber stacks stretched along the river banks.

    The Thunder Bay River at Alpena showing schooners and lumber stacks stretched along the river banks.

    The W.J. CARTER was built in 1886 and came under the ownership of the Churchill Lumber Company, Alpena, in 1907 until about 1913. Here the CARTER sits in the Thunder Bay River being loaded with lumber.

    Churchill Lumber Mill at the mouth of the Thunder Bay River. The cone shaped structure is a "burner" used to burn sawdust, bark, and trimmings. Floating "booms," made of logs chained together, separated the property of one company from that of another. From the booms, logs were floated to the ...

    Wanigan on Carp Lake, Grace Harbor, Michigan. On left is Buff Morrow, Native American; Tom McArthur, center; Charlie Bunton, right. A wanigan is a small hut built on a log raft. It was used in various ways, most often as a kitchen, which followed a log drive to feed the ...

    Three vessels are moored in Thunder Bay River in Alpena, "City of Cleaveland", "City of Mackinac", and what I believe is the "Flora". In the background is a wood burner (also known as a Wigwam or Teepee Burner).

    Ships in the Thunder Bay River below Second Avenue Bridge.

    The Thunder Bay River at Alpena showing the lumber mills and stacks of lumber along the river banks.

    The Thunder Bay River at Alpena showing stacks of lumber along the river's edge waiting for transport.

    Stacks of lumber along the Thunder Bay River waiting to be loaded on to ships. Prentiss Lumber Mill is at the center. Note the masts of schooners in the river.

    An unknown three-mast schooner is docked at the Butterfield and Crable Mill near Dock Street (North Second Avenue) and the swing bridge in the Thunder Bay River.

    "In May, 1917 the B.F. Leavitt Diving Armor Company located the wreck [PEWABIC]. Mr. Leavitt was the inventor of Leavitt's Armored Diving Suit. This suit performed fairly well for a while...and the expedition was by far the most successful salvage attempt. But by August, Leavitt was short of cash and ...

    "In May, 1917 the B.F. Leavitt Diving Armor Company located the wreck [PEWABIC]. Mr. Leavitt was the inventor of Leavitt's Armored Diving Suit. This suit performed fairly well for a while...and the expedition was by far the most successful salvage attempt. But by August, Leavitt was short of cash and ...

    "Scene on Thunder Bay River, Alpena, Mich., 1910"

    Salvage crew and stacks of copper salvaged from the passenger vessel PEWABIC, which sank from a collision with the METEOR in 1865.

    The 2-mast schooner JOHN L. GREENE and tug RALPH anchored at the mouth of the Thunder Bay River in 1894. The RALPH was one of a small fleet of tugs owned by the Gilchrist and Fletcher Company. AT the time of the photograph, the GREENE was owned by D.D. Ludwig ...